Obesity
(asked on 14th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many obese (1) men, and (2) women, between the ages of (a) 30–35, (b) 35–40, and (c) 40–45, have required knee replacement surgery in the past four years.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has provided a count of finished consultant episodes1 with a main or secondary procedure2 for knee replacement surgery (a) where there is a main or secondary diagnosis of obesity3 and (b) for all diagnosis, by gender and patients aged 30-34, 35-39, 40-44 and 45-49, 2009-10 to 2012-134. This information is provided in the following tables:
(a) main or secondary diagnosis of obesity | ||||||||||||
Gender and age group | ||||||||||||
Male | Female | Unknown | ||||||||||
Year | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 |
2009-10 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 39 | - | 5 | 23 | 67 | - | - | - | - |
2010-11 | - | 6 | 22 | 77 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 126 | - | - | - | - |
2011-12 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 83 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 159 | - | - | - | - |
2012-13 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 99 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 162 | - | - | - | - |
(b) all diagnoses | ||||||||||||
Gender and age group | ||||||||||||
Male | Female | Unknown | ||||||||||
Year | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 |
2009-10 | 20 | 69 | 232 | 612 | 39 | 92 | 294 | 805 | - | - | - | 3 |
2010-11 | 21 | 55 | 210 | 619 | 29 | 73 | 329 | 861 | - | - | 1 | - |
2011-12 | 29 | 55 | 241 | 697 | 39 | 85 | 313 | 966 | - | - | - | 1 |
2012-13 | 28 | 43 | 261 | 723 | 45 | 82 | 361 | 975 | - | - | - | 3 |
Notes:
1. A finished consultant episode (FCE) is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.
2. The number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention) was recorded in any of the 24 (12 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 4 prior to 2002-03) procedure fields in a Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) record. A record is only included once in each count, even if the procedure is recorded in more than one procedure field of the record. Note that more procedures are carried out than episodes with a main or secondary procedure. For example, patients under going a ‘cataract operation’ would tend to have at least two procedures – removal of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new one – counted in a single episode.
3. The number of episodes where this diagnosis was recorded in any of the 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 7 prior to 2002-03) primary and secondary diagnosis fields in a Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) record. Each episode is only counted once, even if the diagnosis is recorded in more than one diagnosis field of the record.
4. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.